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 192 FOURTEENTH CONGRESS. Sus. II. Ch. 72, 73,74, 75. 1817 Srnurs II. March 3, ig;-;_ Crum. LXXH.-0n Aet directing the ldligzsurgc of VW1H11m Smith from impmm. To be dis, Be it enacted, &c., That William Smith, who is now confined in the phnrgod from jail of the city of Charleston, in the district of South Carolina, on a ““l’"·’°'“"°“*· judgment obtained against him in favor of the United States, be dis. proviso_ charged from his imprisonment: Provided, That any estate, real orpersonal, which the said William Smith may now have, or hereafter acquire, shall be liable to be taken to_satisfy the judgment aforesaid, in the same manner as if he had not been imprisoned and discharged ; and that nothing in this act shall be so construed as to affect the liability of any co-obligor that may have been bound with the said William Smith for the payment of any sum of money to the United States. Approved, March 3, 1817. Summa II. —-—_` Much 3, 18]% Cr-ru. LXXIII. -An dnt for the relief of Peyton Short. Be it enacted, rfc., That there be passed to the credit of Peyton $5;·y_g5 ,0;,,, Short, who stands charged on the books of the treasury, for a balance P¤¤¤9d¢¤bi¤ as agent of the United States for purchasing spirits for the army, the "'°d“· sum of five hundred and seventeen dollars and eighty-five cents. Approved, March 3, 1817. Srnura II. W March 3, 1817. Can. LXXIV.—-dn Act for the rcliqf of dntlwny Buck. Bc it enacted, e§~c., That Anthony Buck shall not be made respon- Not to be _ sible for the penalty of a bond, executed in the year one thousand eight
 * }:d,.g\_'*;,:¥;°¤:}‘ hundred and eight, to the United States, by a certain James Stewart,

muy ,,,-,,,5 alias James A. Stewart, master of the schooner Sally Barker Windsor, bond specified. and the said Anthony Buck, conditioned for the transportation of a cargo of flour in said schooner, from the port of Fredericksburg, in Vir- Proviso. ginia, to the State of Massachusetts: Provided, That nothing herein contained shall be construed to release the said James Stewart from any penalty by him incurred to the United States. Approved, March 3, 1817. Snrurz II. March 3, ,8,,,. CHAP. LXXV. —- An Act for the relief if James IGllcre. ""'""`°"" Be it enacted, Qc., That the additional accountant of the war depart- Cmm on M_ ment be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to audit and settle mum of {,1,; w the claim of James Villere, on account of fuel used by the American bv settled- troops, and that he allow him, in the settlement thereof; the value of the same. Claiyn {0,- q,. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said accountant be, and
 * },1:21 gy HUM: he is hereby, authorized and directed to audit and settle the claim of the

‘ said James Villere, on account of damages sustained by filling up a canal running through his plantation, by order of General Jackson, and that he allow him, in the settlement thereofi a reasonable compensation for opening the said canal, and one year’s rent for such part of his plantation as was planted with sugar-cane, and overflowed and destroyed in consequence of filling of the said canal. App,Op,,mm_ Sno,. And be it further enacted, That the amount thereof, when ascertame as aforesaid, shall be paid to the said James Villere, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. Approved, March 3, 1817.